Madison River, MT
Lower Madison float #2
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Best Fishing Time
- -
- Rating
- Great
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- -
- User
- Tony Broderick
Pictures
Fish Caught
Brown Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 15" | ||
| 8 | 19" | ||
| 1 | 27" | ||
| 19 | 17.32" |
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 16" | ||
| 10 | 14" | ||
| 1 | 22" | ||
| 21 | 15.33" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| Heavy - 15+ knots | X | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 55.0°F / 60.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 98% Full (Full)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
Lisa (wife)Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
Day #3, floating Madison again.
Met up with Bryan from Blue Ribbon Flies. Easily the best guide we had for the trip. Fun, knowledgeable, really customer-focused. Helped me a lot on mending in the high wind.
As usual, Lisa killed them. I'd pick-up as she landed one and then she land the next before I could mend the line from the back of the boat.
The 2 highlights were the HUGE Brown Lisa hooked early in the float - a monster! The second was the large Bow I got speed-stripping a streamer through a shallow riffle. The fish literally attacked the escaping fly! Both trophy catches you only see in magazines!
Awesome day but the wind was howling. I had a hard time casting and mending in the small target area from the back. And it didn't help having to pick-up after all the fish Lisa caught!
But a great day of fishing with an A+ guide. Will ask for him again when we go back.